Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-04


best German soubrettes that has Wis.,
tied this country. She has played in
nearly all the principal theaters OF
Germany.
st. Paul has raised $4,000 to insure a
proper hearing of AJdore, an opera
by MIR. Janotta, of that city, which
will be brought out under the direc-
ton of Mr.. Samuel L. Studley on
June 18th. The cast includes Miss
Marie Stone, Miss Agnes Huntington,
Mr.. Tom Karl and Mr.. w. II. Mac
Donald.
Fanny Davenport closed her season
in Williamsburg on Saturday night.
Next season she will play Fedora only,
Melbourne Mcdowell has been en-
gagged for the role of 'Loris Ipanoff. "
Her season will be continued to twen-
ty weeks, and will be devoted to week
stands only. 1t will be opened late in
October, most probably in New YORK.
The announcement has been made
by cable of the death of Max Pinner,
the New York pianist. MIR. Pinner
was 81 years old, and has won for
himself an enviable place among the
pianists of the day. For several
years he has been an invalid, but his
death was not looked for so early. He
was favorite pupil of List.
Goldmark has much better luck
with his new opera, "Merlin," in Ger
many than he had in New York. The
Vienna and Hamburg successes have
even been surpassed at Dresden,
where the composer was called out in
Vulnerable times. The principal role
was admirably impersonated by Frau
lcin Malten, who will probably be
heard at the Metropolitan Opera
House next winter.
Apropos of the cowboy fascination,
| may mention that it is rumored that
the postal authorities have this week
had to make special arrangements TO,
West Brompton, London, in conse'
quence of the vast influx OF Buffalo
billy-doux which ''the soft sex, y
mashed beyond all hope Of recovery
perpetually pour in upon the Hon
William Cody and his picturesque as
sociates.-[London Correspondent.
Vernona Jarbeau will pass the sum.
mer in Boston and arrange for star
ring tour in her own play next season
under the management Of her hus
band, J. F. Bernstein. She has a gem
of a play. The printing will be orig
inal and attractive, and she will have
as good a company as can be secured
Being a sensible woman and not want.
ING the earth. there will be other good
people in the cast. Her time is nearly
booked already.
Rose Coghlan is a nice woman te
travel with, for she doesn't like dis
comfort and won't put up with any
more of it than she must, and her peo
pie get the benefit of her distaste fol
night Journeys and dirty theaters
She enjoys the road SO little that she
is easily persuaded to give it up, ant
as Mr.. Wallack has been some time
engaged in that course, it is about set
tied that she is to delight New Yorb
from her old vantage ground mex
season.
The prince of Wales has private
room under the stage of the Coven
Garden Theatre. When he wen
there the other night for smoke ant
a talk with Mapleson, the stage hands
not knowing he was there, locked the
doors and went home. The Prince
and the Colonel had resigned them
selves to the idea of making night O
it, when the latter found pass key il
his pocket, and the two got the dool
open between them and escaped.
As soon as Henry Irving in July
takes his departure from the Lyceum
Theatre, London, Sarah Bernhardt will
step in and will produce few of hel
famous French plays between the 18th
and 30th of the month. AS soon as
she is gone Mary Anderson will take
her place, but will not commence bus.
mess until September 10th. The in
intervening time will be spent in pre-
pairing for the production of "The
Winters Tale" in which Mary Ander
son made her first appearance last
week at the Nottingham Theatre.
Encouraged by his London season
of Italian opera, given at reasonable
prices, Col. Mapleson has prepared tc
come down like genial and smiling
wolf on New York City next fall. He
will bring with him the greater part o.
the company which is now singing il
London, and will probably settle
down at the Academy of Music, where
he intends to give a season of opera
of two months duration, at prices
calculated to draw the mass of the
people. His highest price will be
$3.50, and from this the rate of ad'
mission will run down to fifty cents.
Couldock has few highly devel
oped tastes, and, in moments OF ex'
citement, it is said that his vocabulary
is of the most impressive and volu.
mious description. His knowledge o1
the scientific game of poker is COM
mensurate with occasional applications
to it in a leisure moment between
whiles. Old sledge has been some,
thing of comfort to him. One who
has lived SO long in this vale of vicis-
situdes must acquire habits. One Of
Couldock's is to remove the foam from
his beer by the aid Of a silver spoon,
which he keeps on file in his breast
pocket and never fails to use.